Comments on Chicago too has cops and citizens who lose their coolTypePad2009-08-04T16:32:34ZDavid Brownhttp://legaltimes.typepad.com/abameetingblog/tag:typepad.com,2003:http://legaltimes.typepad.com/abameetingblog/2009/08/chicago-too-has-cops-and-citizens-who-lose-their-cool/comments/atom.xml/Juli Nagi commented on 'Chicago too has cops and citizens who lose their cool'tag:typepad.com,2003:6a00d83451d94869e20120a4c70cdd970b2009-08-04T22:45:21Z2009-08-04T22:45:21ZJuli NagiGates had no reason to act that way. Maybe he needed a good Rodney King slap up side the head....<p>Gates had no reason to act that way. Maybe he needed a good Rodney King slap up side the head. Don&#39;t argue with cops, they have guns. </p>Bri the badass commented on 'Chicago too has cops and citizens who lose their cool'tag:typepad.com,2003:6a00d83451d94869e20120a51e1e24970c2009-08-04T21:19:32Z2009-08-04T21:19:32ZBri the badassIn Chicago, our home is for sale. Cops came alongside home and were pointing into back yard. I was at...<p>In Chicago, our home is for sale. Cops came alongside home and were pointing into back yard. I was at the kitchen sink looking out window at the uniformed officers outside my window. I asked through the window if there was any problem. I was brushed off like I had no right to ask them and they refused to answer me. I guess they were looking at the house for purchase. They were on MY property. I went outside and asked a third officer near front of house (coming out of MY driveway) if there was a problem. He said &quot;no, we&#39;re just looking at the house.&quot; I said nicely, smiling, &quot;oh, okay, well you&#39;re uniformed police&quot; (this was because the other two outside my window acted like I had no right to ask them why they were on MY property). He looked away like as if to say &quot;yeah no shit, we can do what we want.&quot; I got FURIOUS, I walked back to my front door and sarcastically yelled &quot;smart!&quot; ... &quot;do whatever you want!&quot; then I went inside and slammed my front door. I seriously got nervous that now they would come knocking and confront me. When they did not, I thought now I am a target of theirs. This was about a week before the Obama/Gates publicity. So, cops obviously have little respect for private property because they have a gun and badge and backup and that&#39;s why we have civil rights laws and constitutional safeguards. Civilians should get their own dashboard cams and front door and home security cams to protect from cops. Cops have a us vs. them mob mentality. I know because I am privy to all their conversations because my dad is retired cop, brother is cop, high school friends all became cops. It wasn&#39;t because Gates was black. There was a black cop present when he was led away. It&#39;s because cops act like you&#39;re a trespasser on your property and like they can do whatever they want. If this was a totalitarian state, we&#39;d be afraid and put up with it. But it&#39;s not, so cops should get a reality check. Obama was right, the cop acted stupidly because he has no humility (humbleness). So goeth the entire society. Me Me Me Respect Me Me Me</p>Jonathan commented on 'Chicago too has cops and citizens who lose their cool'tag:typepad.com,2003:6a00d83451d94869e20120a4c6d1c9970b2009-08-04T21:09:59Z2009-08-04T21:09:59ZJonathanSince when may police use excessive force against a citizen simply because the citizen used so-called "abusive" language? Isn't such...<p>Since when may police use excessive force against a citizen simply because the citizen used so-called &quot;abusive&quot; language? Isn&#39;t such language protected speech under the 1st Amendment? Or doesn&#39;t the 1st Amendment apply in Chicago? </p>Prof. Gates commented on 'Chicago too has cops and citizens who lose their cool'tag:typepad.com,2003:6a00d83451d94869e20120a4c6c6be970b2009-08-04T20:55:45Z2009-08-04T20:55:45ZProf. GatesLike Sgt. Crowley, someone should remind Mayor Daley that "abusive language," also known as "contempt of cop," is not a...<p>Like Sgt. Crowley, someone should remind Mayor Daley that &quot;abusive language,&quot; also known as &quot;contempt of cop,&quot; is not a crime and does not justify excessive force.</p>